#48BCA3#48BCA3

#48BCA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCA3
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 163)
HSL	hsl(167, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 13.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -38.61, 3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 38.73, 175.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.1104 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.111 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2634, 39.9857, 40.9244)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCA3 #BC4861

analogous

#48BC69 #48BCA3 #489BBC

triadic

#48BCA3 #A348BC #BCA348

tetradic

#48BCA3 #6948BC #BC4861 #9BBC48

square

#48BCA3 #6948BC #BC4861 #9BBC48

split-complementary

#48BCA3 #BC489B #BC6948

monochromatic

#256557 #35927E #48BCA3 #75CCBA #A2DDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48BCA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#48BCA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCA3

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCA3	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1be',
    500: '#48bca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bca3;
$custom-light: #87d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.069,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72277,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCA3

secondary

#CA96A1

accent

#526ED6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCA3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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